The ‘Exercise' Diet: Keeping Healthy The Natural Way
Dieting fads come and go; from widely adopted regimes such as The Atkins Diet - based on programming your body to burn fat rather than carbohydrates - to extreme single food choices such as the ‘cabbage diet', or even the ‘egg diet' recently promoted by advertising guru and renowned art collector Charles Saatchi, and which also has undesirable windy side effects!
But, the most sensible diet is one that is not based upon the latest fad but rather on sustained balanced nutrition. Combine a healthy diet with regular moderate exercise and you're really onto a winner. Recent research has highlighted that almost 60% of women and 67% of men in the England and Scotland are overweight or obese. Being overweight places a greater strain on the body's internal organs, muscles and bones, which in turn significantly reduces life expectancy.
The best way to maintain an optimum healthy weight is to burn as many calories as you consume. That may sound obvious but that message is still not getting through to the majority of Britons, as evidenced by the aforementioned research. All it takes is eating a few hundred calories a day more than is required and the weight soon piles on, especially if exercise is also neglected. Before long over-eating becomes a way of life and it then becomes difficult to shed the excess weight.
Living a healthy lifestyle can also be financially beneficial when it comes to purchasing health insurance as at least one leading UK insurer rewards customers who make healthy choices. Buying fresh fruit and vegetables, going to the gym or stopping smoking all attract points which can be redeemed by the policy holder for various benefits. What form the benefits take depends upon the policy holder; from travel discounts to loyalty programmes.
From the insurers point of view the reward scheme is totally self-liquidating; the healthier the policy holders, the less likely they are to make a claim. From the point of view of the policyholder they can actively reduce the amount of their premiums by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and live longer, so everyone wins!
Some medical conditions such as certain heart conditions may be genetic, but whether your family is predisposed to a particular illness or not, healthy living is still the route to take. Some people suffer from naturally high cholesterol levels, but their choice of diet can help reduce their intake of cholesterol.
Whether naturally fit or pre-disposed by your genes to certain illnesses, adopting a sensible mix of diet and exercise will result in a healthier lifestyle.
Adam Singleton writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.
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